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JOURNALS of the LEGISLArfIVE ASSEMBLY of the Province of Saskatchewan From 4th day of September, 1929, to 6th day of September, 1929. (Both days inclusive) In the Twentieth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord, King George V. BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN SESSION 1929 PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REGINA: J. YV. REID, King's Printer 1929 VOLUME XXVII. JOURNALS of the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of the Province of Saskatchewan VOLUME XXVII. , MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. H. w. NEWLANDS, Lieutenant Governor. [L.S.] CANADA: PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN. GEORGE THE FIFTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, KING, Defender of the Faith) Emperor of India. To OuR FAITHFUL THE MEMBERS elected to serve in the Legislative Assembly of Our Province of Saskatchewan, and to every one of you, GREETING: A PROCLAMATION HEREAS, it is expedient for causes A . L . G EDDES · · ' . l and cons1derat10ns to convene the D t Att G } W epu y ,orney enera · L e g 1· s 1 a t 1· v e A. ssem bl y of o ur Province of Saskatchewan, WE Do ·WILL that you and each of you and all others in this behalf interested on WEDNESDAY, the Fourth day of September, 1929, at Our City of Regina, personally be and appear for the DESPATCH OF BusINEss, there to take into considera tion the state and welfare of Our said Province of Saskatchewan and thereby to do as may seem necessary, HEREIN FAIL NOT. In testimony whereof we have caused Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Our said Province of Saskatchewan to be hereunto affixed. ·WITNESS: Our right trusty and well beloved THE HONOURABLE HENRY WILLIAM NEWLANDS, Lieutenant Governor of Our Province of Saskatchewan. AT OuR Gov1mNMEN'r HousE, in Our City of Regina, in Our said Provjnce, this TWENTY-EIGH'l'H day of AUGUS'r, ONE TuousAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, and in the Twentieth year of Our Reign. By Command, J. W. lVIcLEoD, Deputy Provincial Secretary. JOURNALS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN FIRST SESSION-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE REGINA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1929. 10 o'clock a. ni. This being the first day of the meeting of the First Session of the Seventh Legislature of the Province of Saskatchewan, for the despatch of business, pursuant to a Proclamation of Hjs Honour the Honourable Henry William N ewlands, Lieutenant Governor of the Province, and dated the twenty-eighth day of August, 1929, George Arthur Mantle, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Commissioner desjgnated by His Honour the Lieutenant Governor for administering the Oath to the members of the Legislative Assembly, attending according to his duty, John W. McLeod, Clerk of the Executive Council, delivered to the said George Arthur Mantle a Roll containing a list of the names of such members as had been returned to serve in this Legislature, which are as follows, viz.: OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SASKATCHEWAN. REGINA, Septeniber 3, 1929. To G. A. MANTLE, EsQ., Clerk of the Leg,islative Assembly of Saskatchewan: This is to certify that by reason of the dissolution of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of the Province of Saskatchewan and jn virtue of writs of election dated the eleventh day of May last, a.nd addressed to the hereinafter mentioned persons as returning offi.cers for the electora! divisions in the Province set opposite their respec tive names for the election of members to represent the said electoral divisions in the Legislative Assembly, the following persons have been gazetted as duly elected to represent the electoral divisions set forth below, as appears by the returns to the said writs, deposited of record in my office, viz.: 8 SEPTEMBER 4, 1929 Division Member Elected Returning Officer 1. Arm River ......... D. Selby Hutcheon. ... W. F. Cameron ... Samuel Wesley Hueton'. ........... A.D. Cressey 2. Battlefords1 The 3. Bengough .......... Herman Kerster Warren ............. Dr. G ..R. L. Ireland 4. Bigg9:1" ............. William Willoughby Miller .......... E. L. Cowell . 5. Cannington\ ....... Samson W. Arthur ................. Geo. W. Pherux 6. Canara .......... , .Anton 0. Morken ...· .............. Andrew vV~ Anaka 7 •. Cumberland........ Deakin Alexander Hall .............. B. A. Mc.Aneeley 8. Cut Knife ......... ;George J. McLean ................. R. T. Brackenbury 9. Cypress ............ John Edward Gryde ................ Jas. M. Roob 10. Elrose ............. James Cobban ..................... Hugh M. Hunt 11. Estevan ........... Eleazer William Garner ............. Jas. H. Lind 12. Francis ............ Samuel Norval Horner .............. W. 0. Turnbull 13. Gravelbourg ......... Benjamin Franklin McGregor ........ Wm. A. Keyworth 14. Hanley .... ; ....... Reginald Stipe ..................... George Telfer 15. Happyland ......... Donald McPherson Strath ........... J.P. Quinn 16. Humboldt .......... Henry M. Therres .................. Vincent P. Murphy 17. Ile a la Crosse ...... A. Jules Marion .................... R. B. Urquhart 18. Jack Fish Lake ..... Donald M. Finlayson. .. Charles Comerford 19. Kerrobert....... : .. Robert Leith Hanbidge .............. H. W. Smith 20. Kmdersley ......... Ebenezer Samuel Whatley .......... A: A. Parker 21. Kinistino ........ -.. Charles McIntosh .................. H. D. Dunlop 22. Last Mountain ..... Jacob Benson ...................... D. C~ Gerrand 23. Lloydminster ....... Robert ,J. Gordon. ........... Harold Huxley 24. Lumsden ...........•Tames Fraser Bryant................ Albert Blackwell 25; Maple Creek ....... Hon. George Rpence ............ ,. ... Robt. W. Harris 26. Melfort ............ R. James Greaves ................. :F. W. Clift 27. Milestone .......... J. V. Patterson ..................... R. J. Burns 28. Morse ............. Richard Percy Eades ................ N. J. MacDonald John Alexander Merkley .......... ) . 29. Moose Jaw City.. { . and . JJoseph Hallonquist Robert Henry Smith ......... ~ ... 30. Moose Jaw County .. Sinclair vVhittaker .................. F. C. Bingham 31. Moosomin ......... Frederick Dennis Munroe ........... David Addy 32. North Qu'Appelle ... Hon. James Garfield Gardiner ........ I. S .. Bricker 33. Notukeu ........... Alexander L. Grant ................ H.P. Johnson 34. Pelly. .... ~.; .... n.· J. M. Parker .................... Dr. W. A. Robertson 35. Pheasant Hills ...... Charles Morton Dunn .............. Sinclair MacDonald 36. PiJ?estone .......... Hon. William John Patterson ........ John A. MacI{ay 37. Prmce Albert ....... Hon. Thomas Clayton Davis ......... S. L. Small 38. Redberry .......... George Cockburn ................... Ole Brand 39. Rosetown .......... Nathaniel Given .................... Ben T. Kaiser 40. Rosthern ........... Hon. John Michael Uhrich ........... A. H. Klassen · . { Mur. <loch Alexander MacPherson ... 1 41. Regma City...... • and ~J.E. Doerr James Grassi.ck ................... J . 42. Saltcoats ... : ....... Asmundur Loptson ................. Robert Fea James Thomas Milton Anderson.. 1, 43. Saskatoon City.. and ~ W. B. Hartie { Howard McConnell ............... J 44. Saskatoon County... Charles Agar ....................... G. H. L. Bigelow 45. Shellbrook ..... : ..Edgar Sydney Clinch ............... Ernest Duncan 46. South Qu'Appelle ... Anton Huck................. .... A.G. Rawlinson 47. Souris ............. William Oliver Fraser .......... : .... Thomas Wigmore 48. Swift Current ...... William W ensley Smith ............. Chades Thoreson 49. Thunder Creek ..... Harold A. Lilly: .•.................. A. W. Wallace 50. Tisdale. Walter Clutterbuck Buckle ......... 1 Hugh E. Jones 51. Touchwood •....... John Mason Parker. .... Harold W. Bown 52. Turtleford ......... C. Arthur Ayre ... ,.................. Albert McKenzie 53. Vonda ............. James Hogan ...................... George Sloane 54. Wadena ........... John Robson Taylor ................ John E. Neuert 55. Wey burn .......... Robert Sterritt Leslie ............... D. Dalgleish 56. Wilkie ............. Alexander John McLeod ............. William Scott 57. Willow Bunch ...... Charles William Johnson ............ Ambrose Devine .t)s~ Wolseley ........... William George Bennett. ..... Andrew. Dickson 59. Wynyard .......... Wilhelm Hans Paulson ............. Angus Robertson 60. Yorkton •........... Alan Carl Stewart .................. R. C. Spice J. W. McLEon, Clerk of the Executive Council. SEPTEMBER 4, 1929 g The said Commissioner having administered the Oath to the members who appeared, and the members having subscribed the Roll containing the Oath, they repaired to their seats in the Assembly. 3 o'clock p.ni. His Honour the Lieutenant Governor entered the Chamber and took his seat on the Throne. The Honourable Mr. Davis, Provincial Secretary, then said: I am commanded by Hfa Honour the Lieutenant Governor to inform you that he will defer stating the reasons for which he has summoned the Legislature until the Legislative Assembly have elected a Speaker. It therefore, His Honour's pleasure that the Legislative Assembly do now proceed to the election of a Speaker. His Honour the Lieutenant Governor then retired from the Chamber. Moved by Mr. McIntosh, Seconded by Mr. Garner, That John M. Parker, Esquire, Member for the Electoral Division of Touchwood; do take the Chair of this Assembly as Speaker. Moved by Mr. Anderson, Seconded by Mr. Whatley, That James F. Bryant, Esquire, Member for the Electoral Division of Lumsden, do take the Chair of this Assembly as Speaker. A debate and the question being put